James tells us to consider trials a joy (1:2). But we often fail at this, don't we? Humanly speaking, praising the Lord for tribulation is unnatural. However, doing so begins to make sense to believers when they cling to God's promise that good comes from hardship.
Read more..God loves you and me, my friend, even when we fail. He loves us enough to help us change our ways and move back to Him.
Read more..God told his Son how he felt about him. He fed him with his words that nourished him with the vital emotional nutrients of sonship
Read more..Thought: God wants us to have life! Real life. Life that lasts forever with him! That's why he sent Jesus, so we could have life.
Read more..Stop for a moment just to listen. You see, it is when we surrender our control that we find total satisfaction in life. No longer will we work to be like everyone else, life our lives in a hurried pace to accomplish one task after another, but we will find ourselves being satisfied with Him and Him alone. He is more than enough.
Read more..or the past ten days, I have been contemplating God’s grace to us and how we, in turn, can extend grace to others.
Read more..“Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far, and grace will lead me home.” When John Newton penned this promise, he did so out of personal experience
Read more..God wants you to be confident that he’s pouring his strength into you so you can do whatever it takes to defeat these giants. God says you can take possession of an abundant life because he is with you.
Read more..For much of my life, I have had this propensity to want to be in control. For a long time, fear kept me from turning over the keys to my Savior. Fear of what He might do.
Read more..There’s also great comfort in knowing God hears me and hears my prayers. He stands ready to receive all the prayers I lift up to Him.v
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